A tax cut package earlier wednesday morning Senate Majority whip john cornyn said i dont want to get out in front of the chairman but were very close the g. O. P. Is hoping to send the official proposal to President Trump by next week. For the third time this year the Federal Reserve has decided to raise Interest Rates this time by a quarter percentage point following a two day policy meeting while officials are releasing new projections on growth and im planning to one say they dont know how the economy would respond to a major tax overhaul just yet and wednesdays press conference was the last for a chairwoman janet yellen who will be replaced by howell on february third. For the latest on block chain bitcoin and other Digital Currency use we are joined by regular middleton the founder of veritasium reggie thank you so much for being here really appreciate your time so lets break this into two parts lets talk about block and then about bitcoin are companies adapting to the block chain
Markets in the green as well at the close. The nikkei average in japan closed for holiday this morning with the others higher across the board. Hong kong up one and a quarter . Two Police Officers in oklahoma shot while serving a search warrant. The very latest on their conditions coming out. This is the quota key to the questions over the possible russian meddling in the election . They know more than that is plaguing on. Plus tinseltown targeting trump again as tvs because stars use the emmy stage last to target the commanderinchief. A familiar face joined in on the bashing. Is there anyone who could say how big the audience is . Sean, do you know . [laughter] [applause] this will be the largest audience to witness an enemy. Highlight similar to the 2017 and the awards coming up this morning. Sean spicer making an appearance there. Talk about extra sharp. They open their new stadium in a big way, thrashing the Green Bay Packers and working with the gain coming up. This monday morning
Shanghai composite up by 0. 2 . The dax is down by 2 . The tenyear yield, 2. 24 . A couple of big headlines were watching. First one, crude prices. Wti crude trading higher after the ministers of saudi arabia and russia agreed needing to extend the cuts. Including russia agreed to cut output. Deciding whether to extend that agreement. A lot of folks will be watching for that. Also, a big developing story out of north korea, the Company Announcing the missile that carried a heavy Nuclear Warhead is capable of hitting targets in the pacific. The latest launch was widely condemned by the u. S. , japan and south korea. The white house calling north korea a, quote, fragrant menace. And urged allies to enforce stronger sanctions. And then on this weeks agenda, it say big week for retail earning. Those earnings have been not so hot. Home depot and tjx. And wednesday, target and l brands. Thursday, walmart and gap. Also getting results from cisco, alibaba and campbells soup. And some disruptio
Charity, nick and gayle breaking down the best on the web. Including a woman who is keeping an eye on her phone. Why that was a mistake. That could have been a 60foot whale. A very touching story out of venice, spain. There you see a spanish greyhound limping because it has a broken leg. The woman following it is a vet. That dog was found wandering around the market. It was taken to the vet and she realized, you know what . This dog is producing milk. And i think shes probably given birth in the last week. She leads them on a 1. 8mile journey. And she leads them to this car. They look inside the front seat, they dont see anything. But then when they check the back oh. Theres a bunch of puppies back there. Listen. Oh, my gosh, they are all still there. They are all crawling over each other. Just as cute as can be. Eyes not open yet. It looks like shes also relieved. She sits down and lays her head up against the headrest like, i found them. They are still here. Thats neat. Mom taking th
Supervisor yee and kim for a motion to excuse. Tang. I would like to make a motion to excuse yee and kim. Second. Seconded by second. Supervisor fewer. Without objection. Thank you to our talented clerk, mr. Victor young and to our friend adrian thank you for assisting us with todays broadcast. Could you call item is. Yes, prior starting, i would like to state that supervisor fewer has been appointed to todays meeting and supervisor yee. In announcements, [inaudible] complete speaker cards and any documents to be included as apart of the file to be submitted to the clerk. Item number 1, hearing on the proposed fiveyear information and Technology Plan for fiscal years 20172022. And requesting the committee on Information Technology to report. Im a sponsor of this legislation, and today we will be hearing an overview on the proposed information and communication Technology Plan or the ict. This plan, you should note, this plan is the guiding document for the City Investment and it provid